“When I started at ESPN in 2006, I had no idea that such a wonderful journey would take place over the next 12 years,” Hill said in a statement included with her tweet. “This was the place where I became the best version of myself, both personally and professionally.

“However, the time has come for me to begin a new chapter in my life.”

Hill didn’t specify what is next for her, but amid reports of her exit last month, it was speculated that the veteran journalist would move into production.

The Athletic media reporter Richard Deitsch said in August that Hill and her longtime friend, journalist Kelley L. Carter, who writes for ESPN’s The Undefeated, are moving into production with their company Lodge Freeway Media.

“I know that whenever I kick off the next iteration of my career, it will involve me getting more deeply involved in producing original content,” she said in the Aug. 1 interview. “There are avenues opening up for women of color to provide different perspectives. That’s something we really wanted to take a hard look at.”